Plant-Animal Interactions : An Evoltuionary

Herrera, Carlos M. (EDT)

Blackwell Pub（2002/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 424 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780632052677
• DDC分類 577

Full Description

Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic environments. The last decade has seen the emergence of a vast quantity of data on the subject and there is now a perceived need among both teachers and undergraduate students for a new textbook that incorporates the numerous recent advances made in the field. The book is intended for use by advanced level undergraduate and beginning graduate students, taking related courses in wider ecology degree programmes.


Very few books cover this subject and those that do are out of date.

Contents

Contributors, vii

Preface, viii

Acknowledgements, ix

Geochronological Perspective, xii

Part 1 Introduction

1 Species interactions and the evolution of biodiversity, 3
Peter W. Price

2 The history of associations between plants and animals, 26
Conrad C. Labandeira

Part 2 Mostly Antagonisms

3 Plant-insect interactions in terrestrial ecosystems, 77
Sharon Y. Strauss and Arthur R. Zangerl

4 Mammalian herbivory in terrestrial environments, 107
Kjell Danell and Roger Bergström

5 Granivory, 132
Philip E. Hulme and Craig W. Benkman

Part 3 Mostly Mutualisms

6 Pollination by animals, 157
Olle Pellmyr

7 Seed dispersal by vertebrates, 185
Carlos M. Herrera

Part 4 Synthesis

8 Ant-plant interactions, 211
Andrew J. Beattie and Lesley Hughes

9 Plant-animal interactions: future directions, 236
John N. Thompson

Appendix: Supplementary information for Chapter 2, 248

References, 263

Index, 294

Colour plate falls between p. 84 and p. 85